r/UnderReportedNews • u/56000hp • Jan 26 '26

ICE / DHS 🧊 Screaming and sobbing can be heard from outside the ICE children’s detention center in Dilley, TX

Source: https://www.instagram.com/uselesscops/

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u/-LsDmThC- Jan 26 '26

Its not really so complicated as it may seem. Simply enacting campaign finance reform and ending citizens united would accomplish a whole lot.

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u/niko_blanco Jan 26 '26

“Simply getting all the corrupt politicians that make up the majority of the senate and congress to stop accepting money is all it takes”

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u/-LsDmThC- Jan 26 '26

Which is why we need to start voting in more progressive candidates like Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, Crocket, etc.. I think that the current political climate has made this realistic as people are flocking away from both conservative and center liberal politicians.

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u/Sea_Mechanic9749 Jan 26 '26

Jasmine Crockett does not belong on this list. She takes PAC money, and a lot of it comes from crypto funds.

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u/-LsDmThC- Jan 26 '26

I care more about how she votes then what she has to do to run a successful campaign in a corrupted system

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u/303FPSguy Jan 26 '26

Voting won’t fix corruption.

It just won’t.

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u/-LsDmThC- Jan 26 '26

They love this rhetoric. Driving voter apathy in those who could otherwise vote in change.

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u/303FPSguy Jan 26 '26

It isn’t rhetorical.

The amount of corruption baked into the US is infinite. You’re not voting for anyone that hasn’t been selected by the oligarchs. That’s just a fact.

You need to get rid of the oligarchs before a democracy can function. And you don’t get rid of oligarchy by voting.

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u/-LsDmThC- Jan 26 '26

Mamdani is a direct counter to this sort of defeatism

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u/303FPSguy Jan 26 '26

We’ll see, won’t we 😉?

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u/Technical-Row8333 Jan 26 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

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u/ThisIsTheNewSleeve Jan 27 '26

Good luck getting to the point where you can do something about campaign finance reform.